32 CONNECTION OF BATH WITH THE 



meet with some relic of that all-conquering, refined, 

 and ever-to-be-honoured people. Two centuries ago 

 there was such a collection of the sculpture of Roman 

 artists as no other city in the kingdom could present. 

 Within the memory of man a portion of one of their 

 temples was still standing, making a part of a 

 Christian church, known as the church of St. Mary- 

 at-Stalls. These have perished. But enough of the 

 works of the people still remains to show that the 

 City of the Sun was adorned with obelisks and sta- 

 tues; that the sculptured tombs of its inhabitants 

 were placed along the sides of the roads which 

 pointed towards it ; that it had numerous altars ; and 

 that there arose at least two temples, of one of 

 which enough remains from which to delineate its 

 form, its extent, and its grandeur, and to show that 

 the architects of Bath had at least one model of just 

 proportions and beautiful design. 



This then must be classic ground. It is remark- 

 able that there is no Romano-British literature. Did 

 such exist we should assuredly have found the name 

 of Aqu£e Solis, the city of Apollo, the city in which 

 a temple was dedicated to the Goddess of Wisdom. 

 As it is, we must content ourselves with the proofs 

 that the arts in those ages flourished at Bath. The 

 remains of the portico of the Temple of Minerva are 

 sufficient to show that there were those who could 



